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ORCID8th BioRob 2020: New York City, NY, USA
- 8th IEEE RAS/EMBS International Conference for Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2020, New York City, NY, USA, November 29 - December 1, 2020. IEEE 2020, ISBN 978-1-7281-5907-2
- Akari Takada, Akira Hirata, Seiichiro Katsura:
Effect of Pulse-Width Modulation Resolution on Angle Control of Wrist Joint Using Functional Electrical Stimulation. 13-18 - Robert Hennig
, Jessica Gantenbein, Jan Dittli, Haotian Chen, Stéphanie P. Lacour, Olivier Lambercy, Roger Gassert:
Development and Evaluation of a Sensor Glove to Detect Grasp Intention for a Wearable Robotic Hand Exoskeleton. 19-24 - Jing-Chen Hong, Hao Cheng, Yuki Hayashi, Kazuhiro Yasuda, Hiroki Ohashi, Hiroyasu Iwata:
Evaluation of the Effect of High-Dorsiflexion Assistive Robotic Technology on Voluntary Ankle Movement. 25-29 - Nenta Wako, Tamon Miyake, Shigeki Sugano:
Characterization of shoulder load for backpack shoulder strap design based on the relationship between interface pressure and shoulder pain. 30-35 - Lucas Gerez, Minas V. Liarokapis:
A Pneumatically Driven, Disposable, Soft Robotic Gripper Equipped with Retractable, Telescopic Fingers. 36-41 - Te-Hsin Chang, Shoichiro Koizumi, Hiroyuki Nabae, Gen Endo, Koichi Suzumori, Kazutoshi Hatakeyama, Satoaki Chida, Yoichi Shimada:
A Wearable Ankle Exercise Device for Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention Using Thin McKibben Muscles. 42-47 - Beau Johnson, Michael Goldfarb:
A Preliminary Study on the Feasibility of Using a Knee Exoskeleton to Reduce Crouch Gait in an Adult with Cerebral Palsy. 48-53 - Keaton A. Inkol, John McPhee:
Assessing Control of Fixed-Support Balance Recovery in Wearable Lower-Limb Exoskeletons Using Multibody Dynamic Modelling. 54-60 - Tomoko Ono, Ryo Eguchi, Masaki Takahashi:
Dynamic Motion Tracking Based on Point Cloud Matching with Personalized Body Segmentation. 61-67 - Antonio Prado, Kimberly Kwei, Nora Vanegas-Arroyave, Sunil K. Agrawal:
Identification of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Patients Using Instrumented Shoes and Artificial Neural Networks. 68-73 - Markus A. Horvath, David Van Story, Jon Hochstein, A. Pozo Alvarez, Mirko Meboldt, Marianne Schmid Daners, Ellen T. Roche:
Design and Fabrication of a Biomimetic Circulatory Simulator with Overlaid Flow and Respiration Mechanism for Single Ventricle Physiology. 74-79 - Ho Chit Siu, Jennifer Sloboda, Ryan J. McKindles, Leia A. Stirling:
Ankle torque estimation during locomotion from surface electromyography and accelerometry. 80-87 - Nobuyuki Murai, Tomomichi Sugihara:
Identification of COM Control Behavior of a Human in Stance as a Dynamical System. 88-93 - Motoyu Katsumura, Shuya Obayashi, Ken'ichi Yano, Atsushi Hamada, Tomoyuki Nakao, Katsuhiko Torii:
Retractor-Type Robotic Knee Prosthesis to Prevent Fall. 94-99 - Aravind Nehrujee, Hallel Andrew, Reetajanetsurekha, Ann Patricia, Selvaraj Samuelkamaleshkumar, Henry Prakash, Sujatha Srinivasan, Sivakumar Balasubramanian:
A Plug-and-Train Robotic Kit (PLUTO) For Hand Rehabilitation: Pilot Usability Study. 100-105 - Yang Zhang, Sander De Groof, Laurent Peyrodie, Luc Labey:
Mechanical Design of an Exoskeleton with Joint-Aligning Mechanism for Children with Cerebral Palsy. 106-111 - Ke Shi, Aiguo Song, Ye Li, Dapeng Chen, Huijun Li:
Cable-Driven 3-DOF Wrist Rehabilitation Robot with optimized Human-Robot Interaction Performance. 112-117 - Haisheng Xia, Junghan Kwon, Prabhat Pathak, Jooeun Ahn, Peter B. Shull, Yong-Lae Park:
Design of A Multi-Functional Soft Ankle Exoskeleton for Foot-Drop Prevention, Propulsion Assistance, and Inversion/Eversion Stabilization. 118-123 - Houzhu Ding, Mohammad Iman Mokhlespour Esfahani, Yang Shen, Huan Tan, Chengkun Zhang:
Hybrid Humanoid Robotic Head Mechanism: Design, Modeling, and Experiments with Object Tracking. 124-131 - Jiajun An, T. Y. Chung, Chun Ho David Lo, Carlos Ma, Xiangyu Chu, K. W. Samuel Au:
Development of a Bipedal Hopping Robot With Morphable Inertial Tail for Agile Locomotion. 132-139 - Hamid Naghibi, Jeroen van Dorp, Momen Abayazid:
Development of a Soft Robotics Diaphragm to Simulate Respiratory Motion. 140-145 - Enrico Piovanelli, Davide Piovesan, Shouhei Shirafuji, Natsue Yoshimura, Yousuke Ogata, Jun Ota:
Muscle Activation Patterns Estimation during Repeated Wrist Movements from MRI and sEMG*. 146-151 - Alireza Golgouneh, Brad T. Holschuh, Lucy E. Dunne:
A Controllable Biomimetic SMA-actuated Robotic Arm. 152-157 - Miharu Kojima, Tomomichi Sugihara:
Identification of a Step-and-Brake Controller of a Human Based on COM-ZMP Model and Terminal Capturability Condition. 158-163 - Francisco J. Badesa, Jorge A. Díez, Juan A. Barios, Jose M. Catalan, Nicolás García Aracil:
Evaluation of performance and heart rate variability during intensive usage of a BCI-controlled hand exoskeleton. 164-169 - Michelangelo Guaitolini, Luigi Truppa, Angelo M. Sabatini, Andrea Mannini, Carlo Castagna:
Sport-induced fatigue detection in gait parameters using inertial sensors and support vector machines. 170-174 - Victor Emeli, Katelyn E. Fry, Ayanna M. Howard:
Robotic System to Motivate Spontaneous Infant Kicking for Studies in Early Detection of Cerebral Palsy: A Pilot Study. 175-180 - Tianyi Zou, Tomomichi Sugihara:
Fast identification of a human skeleton-marker model for motion capture system using stochastic gradient descent method. 181-186 - Tsige Tadesse Alemayoh, Jae Hoon Lee, Shingo Okamoto:
A New Motion Data Structuring for Human Activity Recognition Using Convolutional Neural Network. 187-192 - James A. Tigue, W. Bradford Rockwell, K. Bo Foreman, Stephen Mascaro:
Simulating Tendon Shortening During Flexor Tendon Repair Surgery Using A Biomechanical Model and Robotic Testbed. 193-198 - M. Atif Yaqub, Usman Ghafoor, Keum-Shik Hong:
Development of a Noninvasive Device for Detection of Degenerative Brain Disorders. 199-204 - Satoshi Miura, Masaki Seki, Yuta Koreeda, Yang Cao, Kazuya Kawamura, Yo Kobayashi, Masakatsu G. Fujie, Tomoyuki Miyashita:
Evaluation of Virtual Shadow's Direction in Laparoscopic Surgery. 205-211 - Tianyi Zou, Tomomichi Sugihara:
Toward on-line fitting of a human skeleton-marker model for accurate motion tracking. 212-217 - Lucas R. L. Cardoso, Guilherme Silva Umemura, Leonardo Marquez Pedro, Arturo Forner-Cordero:
Sleep Restriction Effects on a Robotic Guided Motor Task. 218-222 - Zufeng Shang, Jiayao Ma, Zhong You, Shuxin Wang:
A Braided Skeleton Surgical Manipulator with Tunable Diameter*. 223-228 - Julio S. Lora-Millán, Juan C. Moreno, Eduardo Rocon:
Assessment of gait symmetry, torque interaction and muscular response due to the unilateral assistance provided by an active knee orthosis in healthy subjects. 229-234 - Caio Benatti Moretti, Alexandre C. B. Delbem, Hermano Igo Krebs:
Human-Robot Interaction: Kinematic and Kinetic Data Analysis Framework. 235-239 - Takahiro Nozaki, Hermano Igo Krebs:
Characteristics of Human Behavior in Force Modulation while Performing Force Tracking Tasks. 240-245 - João Pedro Pinho, Camila Taira, Pedro Parik Americano, Lucas Oliveira Suplino, Victor P. Bartholomeu, Vitor N. Hartmann, Guilherme Silva Umemura, Arturo Forner-Cordero:
A comparison between three commercially available exoskeletons in the automotive industry: an electromyographic pilot study. 246-251 - Yogesh Singh, Vinayvivian Rodrigues, Antonio Prado, Sunil K. Agrawal, Vineet Vashista:
Lower-Limb Strategy Assessment during a Virtual Reality based Dual-Motor-Task. 252-257 - Kohei Kozasa, Pham Duc Huy Hoang, Hiroaki Hirai, Kaito Hori, Hideto Niwa, Ryo Fujihara, Kazuhiro Matsui, Atsushi Nishikawa, Hermano Igo Krebs:
Electrical Stimulation to Modulate Human Ankle Impedance: Effects of Intervention on Balance Control in Quiet and Perturbed Stances. 258-263 - Jared Nakahara, Boling Yang, Joshua R. Smith:
Contact-less Manipulation of Millimeter-scale Objects via Ultrasonic Levitation. 264-271 - Yan-Jun Yang, Soumith Udatha, Dana Kulic, Elahe Abdi:
A novel foot interface versus voice for controlling a robotic endoscope holder. 272-279 - Bernardo Noronha, Suhas Raghavendra Kulkarni, Kieran Little, Dino Accoto:
Design of under-actuated serial structures with non-identical modules to match desired finger postures*. 280-285 - Partha Ryali, Tommasso Carella, Daniel McDermed, Victoria Perizes, Felix C. Huang, James L. Patton:
A Theoretical Framework for a Network of Elastic Elements Generating Arbitrary Torque Fields. 286-291 - Johan Nuñez, Axel J. Soto, Edmar Campos, Daryl Campusano, Edward Ramirez, Álvaro Figueroa, Johrdan Huamanchumo, Briggitte Suyo, Leonardo Milián-Ccopa:
Preliminary design of an Intention-based sEMG-controlled 3 DOF upper limb exoskeleton for assisted therapy in activities of daily life in patients with hemiparesis. 292-297 - Dongfang Xu, Simona Crea, Nicola Vitiello, Qining Wang:
Capacitive Sensing-Based Continuous Gait Phase Estimation in Robotic Transtibial Prostheses. 298-303 - Jian-Wen Chen, Chun-Ju Wu, Yi-Tseng Lin, Yu-Cheng Kuo, Chung-Hsien Kuo:
Mechatronic Implementation and Trajectory Tracking Validation of a BCI-based Human-wheelchair Interface. 304-309 - Luke Wicent Sy, Nigel H. Lovell, Stephen J. Redmond:
Estimating Lower Limb Kinematics using a Lie Group Constrained EKF and a Reduced Wearable IMU Count. 310-315 - Si-Liang Liu, Jayoung Kim, Byungjeon Kang, Eunpyo Choi, Ayoung Hong, Jong-Oh Park, Chang-Sei Kim:
Three Dimensional Position Recognition of a Magnetic Capsule Endoscope by using Alternative Magnetic Signal. 316-321 - Nhan Huu Nguyen, Trung Dung Ngo, Dinh Quang Nguyen, Van Anh Ho:
Contact Distance Estimation by a Soft Active Whisker Sensor Based on Morphological Computation. 322-327 - Seong-Woo Woo, Min-Kyoung Kang, Keum-Shik Hong:
Classification of Finger Tapping Tasks using Convolutional Neural Network Based on Augmented Data with Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Network. 328-333 - Ariel Slepyan, Nitish V. Thakor:
Towards scalable soft e-skin: Flexible event-based tactile-sensors using wireless sensor elements embedded in soft elastomer. 334-339 - Anna-Maria Georgarakis, Jaeyong Song, Peter Wolf, Robert Riener, Michele Xiloyannis:
Control for gravity compensation in tendon-driven upper limb exosuits. 340-345 - Pihsaia S. Sun, Yuwen Lu, Jingeng Mai, Qining Wang:
Design and Mathematical Model for Bending Pneumatic Soft Actuators with Asymmetric Cavity. 346-351 - Randa Mallat, Vincent Bonnet, Gentiane Venture, Raphaël Dumas, Mohamad Ali Khalil, Samer Mohammed:
Dynamics Assessment and Minimal Model of an Orthosis-Assisted Knee Motion. 352-357 - Samir Wadhwa, Prakashkumar D. Suthar, Vivek Sangwan:
Simulation Study to Test Feasibility of a Planar Teleoperated Linkage for Qualitative Stiffness Sensing with Communication Delays. 358-363 - Peidong He, Boxin Xu, Jiyeon Kang:
Spherical Parallel Instrument for Daily Living Emulation (SPINDLE) to Restore Motor Function of Stroke Survivors. 364-369 - Mahdi Haghshenas-Jaryani:
Quasi-Static Model-based Control of Human-Soft-Robot Interaction for Assisted Hand Motion. 370-375 - Inseung Kang, Dean D. Molinaro, Gayeon Choi, Aaron J. Young:
Continuous locomotion mode classification using a robotic hip exoskeleton. 376-381 - Amy Bellitto, Sergio Mandraccia, Clara Leoncini, Laura Rossi, Simona Gamba, Antonino Massone, Maura Casadio, Alice De Luca:
Walking after incomplete spinal cord injury: changes in muscle activations due to training with a robotic powered exoskeleton. 382-389 - Florian Leander Haufe, Peter Wolf, Jaime E. Duarte, Robert Riener, Michele Xiloyannis:
Increasing exercise intensity during outside walking training with a wearable robot. 390-395 - Tatiana D. Luna, Victor Santamaria, Isirame B. Omofuma, Moiz I. Khan, Sunil K. Agrawal:
Control Mechanisms in Standing while Simultaneously Receiving Perturbations and Active Assistance from the Robotic Upright Stand Trainer (RobUST). 396-402 - Paulo Vela-Anton, Carlos Nina, Victor Ticllacuri, Darshi Shah, Jean P. Tincopa, Margarita Llontop, Faye Aguilar, Segundo Cruz, Emir Augusto Vela:
Borjibot: A Soft Robotic Device Performing Pressure and Torsional Stimuli for Neonates Oral-Motor Rehabilitation. 403-409 - Nicola Lotti, Michele Xiloyannis, Francesco Missiroli, Domenico Chiaradia, Antonio Frisoli, Vittorio Sanguineti, Lorenzo Masia:
Intention-detection strategies for upper limb exosuits: model-based myoelectric vs dynamic-based control. 410-415 - Maria V. Arteaga, Jenny C. Castiblanco, Iván Fernando Mondragón, Julián D. Colorado, Catalina Alvarado-Rojas:
EMG-based adaptive trajectory generation for an exoskeleton model during hand rehabilitation exercises. 416-421 - Amanuel Matias, Camille Bennett, Stephen Estelle, Jenevieve L. Roper, Brendan W. Smith:
Biomechanical Comparison of the Validity of Two Configurations of Simulators for Body-Powered Hand Prostheses. 422-427 - Kristin Nuckols, Cameron J. Hohimer, Christina M. Glover, Diogo S. de Lucena, Will Moyo, Diana Wagner, Alison Cloutier, David J. Lin, Conor J. Walsh:
Effects of a Soft Robotic Glove using a High Repetition Protocol in Chronic Stroke: A Pilot Study. 428-433 - Brandon P. R. Edmonds, Ana Luisa Trejos:
Frequency Response Analysis of Actively Cooled Nylon Twisted Coiled Actuators for Use in Wrist Rehabilitation Devices. 434-439 - Luigi Raiano, Giovanni Di Pino, Domenico Formica:
Flexion-Extension Wrist Impedance Estimation Using a Novel Portable Wrist Exoskeleton: a Pilot Study. 440-445 - Aniket Mazumder, Raffaella Carloni:
Mechatronic Design & Adaptive Control of a Lower Limb Prosthesis. 446-451 - Sophie Heins, Louis L. Flynn, Henri Laloyaux, Joost Geeroms, Dirk Lefeber, Renaud Ronsse:
Compliant Control of a Transfemoral Prosthesis by combining Feed-Forward and Feedback. 452-458 - Louis L. Flynn, Joost Geeroms, Sophie Heins, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber:
Estimation of Energy Minimizing Series Elastic Spring Stiffness for an Active Knee Prosthesis. 459-464 - Mahdy Eslamy, Felix Oswald, Arndt F. Schilling:
Motion Planning for Active Prosthetic Knees. 465-470 - Andrea Marinelli, Marianna Semprini, Michele Canepa, Lorenzo Lombardi, Samuel Stedman, Alberto Dellacasa Bellingegni, Michela Chiappalone, Matteo Laffranchi, Emanuele Gruppioni, Lorenzo De Michieli, Nicoló Boccardo:
Performance Evaluation of Pattern Recognition Algorithms for Upper Limb Prosthetic Applications. 471-476 - Gabriel B. Rios, Joseph M. Dranetz, Hwan Choi:
A Lower Limb Prosthetic Augment for Optimal Energy Recycling, Biomimetic to Gastrocnemius and Achilles Tendon Function. 477-482 - Roberto L. Medrano, Gray C. Thomas, Elliott J. Rouse:
Methods for Measuring the Just Noticeable Difference for Variable Stimuli: Implications for Perception of Metabolic Rate with Exoskeleton Assistance. 483-490 - Daniel Gomez-Vargas, María J. Pinto Bernal, Felipe Ballén-Moreno, Marcela C. Múnera, Carlos A. Cifuentes:
Therapy with T-FLEX Ankle-Exoskeleton for Motor Recovery: A Case Study with a Stroke Survivor. 491-496 - Giorgia Marchesi, Elena Ricaldone, Alice De Luca, Karin Torre, Elisabetta Quinland, Amy Bellitto, Valentina Squeri, Antonino Massone, Maura Casadio, Andrea Canessa:
A robot-based assessment of trunk control in Spinal Cord Injured athletes. 497-502 - Sofiya Lysenko, Nidhi Seethapathi, Laura Prosser, Konrad P. Körding, Michelle J. Johnson:
Towards Automated Emotion Classification of Atypically and Typically Developing Infants. 503-508 - Jenny C. Castiblanco, Maria V. Arteaga, Iván Fernando Mondragón, Steffen Ortmann, Catalina Alvarado-Rojas, Julián D. Colorado:
Velocity modulation assistance for stroke rehabilitation based on EMG muscular condition. 509-514 - Qiang Zhang, Ashwin Iyer, Kang Kim, Nitin Sharma:
Volitional Contractility Assessment of Plantar Flexors by Using Non-invasive Neuromuscular Measurements. 515-520 - Neelesh Kumar, Konstantinos P. Michmizos:
Machine Learning for Motor Learning: EEG-based Continuous Assessment of Cognitive Engagement for Adaptive Rehabilitation Robots. 521-526 - Neelesh Kumar, Konstantinos P. Michmizos:
Deep Learning of Movement Intent and Reaction Time for EEG-informed Adaptation of Rehabilitation Robots. 527-532 - Ashwin Iyer, Zhiyu Sheng, Qiang Zhang, Kang Kim, Nitin Sharma:
Analysis of Tremor During Grasp Using Ultrasound Imaging: Preliminary Study. 533-538 - Valeria Falzarano, Giulia Petrella, Francesca Marini, Michael W. R. Holmes, Lorenzo Masia, Pietro Morasso, Jacopo Zenzeri:
Preliminary evaluation of a robotic measurement system for the assessment of wrist joint spasticity. 539-544 - Biing-Chwen Chang, Haohan Zhang, Emilio Trigili, Sunil K. Agrawal:
Bio-Inspired Gaze-Driven Robotic Neck Brace. 545-550 - James Hermus, Dagmar Sternad, Neville Hogan:
Evidence for Dynamic Primitives in a Constrained Motion Task. 551-556 - Andrea Cimolato, Giovanni Milandri, Leonardo S. Mattos, Elena De Momi, Matteo Laffranchi, Lorenzo De Michieli:
Hybrid Machine Learning-Neuromusculoskeletal Modeling for Control of Lower Limb Prosthetics. 557-563 - Camila Rodrigues, Marvin Fernandeéz, Álvaro Megía, Natalia Comino, Antonio J. del Ama, Ángel Gil-Agudo, Moon Ki Jung, Silvia Muceli, Dario Farina, Juan C. Moreno, José Luis Pons, Filipe O. Barroso:
Comparison of Intramuscular and Surface Electromyography Recordings Towards the Control of Wearable Robots for Incomplete Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation. 564-569 - Eva C. Wentink, Felix Plappert:
Wearable sensor system for calculating deflection of a running-specific prosthesis-a feasibility study. 570-575 - Andrea Blanco-Ivorra, David Martínez, José M. Catalán, José V. García, Santiago Ezquerro, Jorge A. Díez, Nicolás Manuel García Aracil:
Oxygen consumption in industrial tasks assisted by an active upper-limb exoskeleton. 576-580 - Brock Laschowski, William J. McNally, Alexander Wong, John McPhee:
Comparative Analysis of Environment Recognition Systems for Control of Lower-Limb Exoskeletons and Prostheses. 581-586 - William Cheung, Sudip Vhaduri:
Continuous Authentication of Wearable Device Users from Heart Rate, Gait, and Breathing Data. 587-592 - Saeb Ragani Lamooki, Jiyeon Kang, Lora A. Cavuoto, Fadel M. Megahed, L. Allison Jones-Farmer:
Challenges and Opportunities for Statistical Monitoring of Gait Cycle Acceleration Observed from IMU Data for Fatigue Detection. 593-598 - Vanina Costa, Oscar Ramírez, Julio S. Lora-Millán, Eloy Urendes, Eduardo Rocon, Luis Perea, Rafael Raya:
Design of a robotic platform for hip fracture rehabilitation in elderly people. 599-604 - Jan T. Meyer, Jan Dittli, Adrian Stutz, Olivier Lambercy, Roger Gassert:
A Method to Evaluate and Improve the Usability of a Robotic Hand Orthosis from the Caregiver Perspective. 605-610 - Michael Finn Henry, Almaskhan Baimyshev, Michael Goldfarb:
Feasibility Study of a Fall Prevention Cold Gas Thruster. 611-616 - Mark A. Price, Frank C. Sup IV:
Non-anthropomorphic Prosthesis Design Generated from Simulated Gait Optimization. 617-622 - Kübra Karacan, Jan T. Meyer, H. Isil Bozma, Roger Gassert, Evren Samur:
An Environment Recognition and Parameterization System for Shared-Control of a Powered Lower-Limb Exoskeleton. 623-628 - Denis Mosconi, Polyana F. Nunes, Icaro Ostan, Adriano A. G. Siqueira:
Design and validation of a human-exoskeleton model for evaluating interaction controls applied to rehabilitation robotics. 629-634 - Malik Nasir Afzal Khan, Keum-Shik Hong:
Investigating the effects of stimulation duration for brain-computer interface. 635-640 - Mohammadreza Sharif, Deniz Erdogmus, Christopher Amato, Taskin Padir:
Towards End-to-End Control of a Robot Prosthetic Hand via Reinforcement Learning. 641-647 - Raphael M. Mayer, Alireza Mohammadi, Ying Tan, Gürsel Alici, Peter Choong, Denny Oetomo:
Psychometric Evaluation of Multi-Point Bone-Conducted Tactile Stimulation on the Three Bony Landmarks of the Elbow. 648-653 - Yuni Teh, Levi J. Hargrove:
The effects of limb position and external load on offline myoelectric pattern recognition control. 654-659 - Rodrigo J. Velasco-Guillen, Victor Grosu, Víctor A. Carmona-Ortiz, Bram Vanderborght, Dirk Lefeber, Josep M. Font-Llagunes, Philipp Beckerle:
A Stiffness-Fault-Tolerant Control Strategy for an Elastically Actuated Powered Knee Orthosis. 660-665 - Emma Reznick, Kyle R. Embry, Robert D. Gregg:
Predicting Individualized Joint Kinematics over a Continuous Range of Slopes and Speeds. 666-672 - Mariia Sidulova, Ria Kim, Chung Hyuk Park:
Cerebrovascular Event Detection Robotic System: Rob Bitt. 673-678